DarkCat09/mtkfwtools

MediaTek Firmware Tools

MTK Firmware Tools Project

MFT Scripts

MediaTek Firmware Tools has a simple scripting language used for porting firmwares.
You can read MtkFwTools scripting documentation on the wiki.

MtkFwTools

MediaTek Firmware Tools is a powerful toolbox for ROM-developers.

Firmwares are packed using 7-Zip.

Porting firmware

1. Unpack a stock and a port firmware;
2. Unpack boot.img;
3. Detect firmwares types: AOSP or CM (CyanogenMod-based), Recovery or FlashTool;
4. Port firmware using one of this methods:
   • Execute selected MFT script, or
   • Copy 3 files and apply a lot of patches/fixes (three files method by Akella_MC on 4PDA);
   • Note that only the MFT-script-method is available for crossporting!
5. Pack boot.img;
6. Pack firmware;
7. Sign firmware using testsign.jar.

Patching firmware

Automatically creates update.zip for specified firmware fixing a chosen problem.

ADB Tools

One more GUI for ADB. Functional:

• Perform commands with multiple devices, shown in list;
• Run shell commands;
• Install/Uninstall applications (batch multi-package mode is available);
• A handy tool for reading logcat. Find or filter logs, and save it!
• Reboot device, reconnect, restart ADB server;
• FileFly: work with files "on the fly"!
  Push and pull files; Drag&Drop, batch mode is available.
  You can also undo adding/deleting/editing files.

ApkTool

And one more GUI for ApkTool...

• Decompiling, compiling APK;
• A tool for editing resources:
  • Quick action bar with auto-detecting application type:
    e.g. Launcher*.apk -> SystemLauncher -> Actions "Remove Google search bar", "Change app list color"...
  • Built-in color picker;
  • Translate services (Google, Yandex, Bing);
  • Preview of layout (was not planned, so don't expect this feature in the release);
  • Editing pictures;
• Finding smali code.

Firmware Lab

Build your firmware!
This feature is for ROM modification developers.
You can add and remove applications, edit bootanimations and sounds, include installation scripts like GApps/MicroG or SuperSU/Magisk, check update-script...

FwLab has one more interesting feature: you can add some variations of one component
(for example: insert into firmware GApps and MicroG) and write a configuration file firmware.lab.
Then, users can open a ZIP-archive with your firmware in MtkFwTools FirmwareLab, choose components (in the example above, they can choose which of services to use: GApps or MicroG) and pack the firmware by pressing a button "Build". FwLab Config documentation on the wiki.

How FwLab builds firmware:

• Removes extra variations of components, keeping on only the variation selected by user;
• Packs firmware to ZIP;
• Signs it using testsign.jar.

Language

Supported languages:
Russian (Русский!), English, Ukrainian (Український).

MFT Runtime

A standalone file for executing MFT scripts in console.
Use it to avoid some routine manual operations with files.

RegExp

Camera in init.rc: https://regexr.com/5mldo
Bootclasspath in init.rc: https://regexr.com/5m23o